# Positive Gun News of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2015-10-22T22:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/981 "2016-07-29T01:03:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Mowed down a filthy coyote yesterday. Fired about 12 rounds and hit it at least 8 times. That’s my positive gun news. > > Damn coyotes. Not a filthy coyote but a killer [wolf](http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0728/Tales-of-a-lone-wolf-Scientists-find-America-has-only-one-true-wolf-species). Makes for a better story. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/982 "2016-07-29T10:42:43Z")
A few years ago I shot a (later determined to be rabid) fox, killing it with a single shotgun blast. A neighbor had warned me about the fox sitting in our yard. She walked over later and said, “so, that fox got away, huh?” Her husband has a .22 and lousy eyesight. When he has to shoot problem wildlife it takes him dozens of shots. When she heard a single bang she assumed my target took off. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/983 "2016-07-29T15:00:45Z")
In other news, [Woman fires shot at burglar in her home on E. 35th St.](http://www.wtvm.com/story/31819186/woman-fires-shot-at-burglar-in-her-home-on-e-35th-st) > [@](#): > > The woman says her husband, a firefighter, was on his shift Monday night, and she thought it was strange when she heard someone coming into her house. > > "Got up thinking it was morning time, and it was my husband, got up to go greet him…and got punched in the face and pushed back into my bedroom,” said Shannon Linton, fended off intruders. > > Down, but not out, Shannon Linton says she quickly realized that not one, but two men were in her home. Linton says she immediately feared for her teenage daughter, who was sleeping just feet away. > > "I think when he punched me, he thought he’d knocked me out. Because he kept coming toward, down the hallway. And that’s when I went right back into the bedroom and grabbed the gun,” said Linton. > > Now armed with the 12 gauge, she intended to use it to keep her daughter safe. > > "The only thing I can remember is the guy at the door hollering ‘oh…’ and running. And I just fired, like I said, all I could think was it was him or me. And I had to protect my daughter,” Linton said. DGU with no injuries (other than being punched in the face). The homeowner presumably missed, but the intruders ran. Without the shotgun 2 men vs. a mom and teenage daughter could have ended much worse. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/984 "2016-07-30T02:42:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Mowed down a filthy coyote yesterday. Fired about 12 rounds and hit it at least 8 times. That’s my positive gun news. > > Damn coyotes. I’m just a boy from the suburbs. I’ve never been anywhere near a coyote. Where do you live? I know they attack livestock–do you have animals on your property? Just curious as to why coyotes are filthy and need killin’. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/985 "2016-07-30T03:44:14Z")
I can tell you that hunters don’t like coyotes. They kill lots of rabbits, pheasants, deer (young ones) and other game animals. Coyotes are considered to be varmints. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/986 "2016-07-30T03:50:16Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > I can tell you that hunters don’t like coyotes. They kill lots of rabbits, pheasants, deer (young ones) and other game animals. I’m sure coyotes feel the same about hunters. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/987 "2016-07-31T03:49:47Z")
In other news, [Elderly Sultan woman fatally shoots knife-wielding robber](http://komonews.com/news/local/police-intruder-shot-during-snohomish-co-home-invasion-robbery) > [@](#): > > Police say an 80-year-old woman fatally shot an intruder Thursday night who broke into her Sultan-area home and stabbed her husband. > > The woman called 911 just after 8:30 p.m. to say she had just shot an intruder who had attacked her husband with a large knife, according to Shari Ireton with the Snohomish County sheriff’s office. > … > The husband had been stabbed at least once in the abdomen, according to Fire Chief Merlin Halverson with the Snohomish County Fire District 5. > > The woman got away and ran to her room. > > “She sneaks into her bedroom, digs around in her closet and comes out with a gun she’s got hidden there – I’m not certain what kind of gun it was. (She) comes out, fires several shots and kills him,” Halverson said. DGU with one death. Apparently the 25 year old attacker was looking for drugs. Good shooting from the 80 year old and little chance she’d stand a chance against the 25 year old in a purely physical match up. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/988 "2016-07-31T20:52:05Z")
In other news, [Gaston County magistrate shoots out tires as burglar tries to escape](http://www.wbtv.com/story/31845231/gaston-county-magistrate-shoots-out-tires-as-burglar-tries-to-escape) > [@](#): > > “I was looking out the window and saw a red vehicle pull down this street and pull into the driveway,” Funderburk, a Gaston County Magistrate, said. He thought it could be nothing, until the man’s actions told him otherwise. > > “He began to hit the door with his shoulder and his hip, and at that time is when I gathered all of my stuff and came over here myself,” Funderburk said. > > Funderburk’s mindset quickly shifted to what he knows best. He once worked for Gaston County Police, Lowell Police and the North Carolina Highway Patrol as a law enforcement officer. > > “I drew my weapon and aimed it at him,” he said. > > Eventually, Funderburk said the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Casey Philbeck, got in his car and tried to drive away. That’s when Funderburk says he fired twice at Philbeck’s back tires. DGU with no injuries. I personally don’t think shooting at a fleeing vehicle is a wise thing to do, but the fact pattern would dictate the best course of action. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/989 "2016-08-01T15:28:32Z")
In other news, [Couple held naked home invasion suspect at gunpoint for deputies](http://www.newschannel10.com/story/31823884/couple-held-naked-home-invasion-suspect-at-gunpoint-for-deputies) > [@](#): > > His traumatic ordeal started at 6:30 Saturday morning. Investigators say Kenda Casey, 32, broke in through the back door of the Kately’s home on Kiln-Delisle Road. Kately and his wife Rachel were asleep in their bedroom. Kately said he was awakened by his wife yelling: ‘Who are you? Stop!’ > > “I woke up and here’s this kid. He’s acting like he’s an exotic dancer on top of my wife,” said Kately. > > Kately grabbed his gun, but the Navy veteran said his faith and his wife’s pleas stopped him from pulling the trigger. > … > Investigators say Kenda Casey was out on a felony probation for auto theft when he was arrested Saturday. Officers say he had been arrested seven times before for drug charges, simple robbery, eluding police and disturbing the peace. Casey is in the Harrison County Jail on a $300,000 bond. DGU with no injuries. Sounds like the attacker had a history of bad behavior. And out on probation no less. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/990 "2016-08-02T03:32:42Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I’m just a boy from the suburbs. I’ve never been anywhere near a coyote. Where do you live? I know they attack livestock–do you have animals on your property? Just curious as to why coyotes are filthy and need killin’. Rural middle of nowhere high sierra desert. Wife raises exotic sheep and wildlife and fowl. My best and damn near only friends are my 4 wiener dogs. Coyotes have cost me more money in losses to stock and heartbreak than I can tell you. Killed way too many valuable sheep and other that were “pets” more-or-less. Wife unhappy. One tried to get The First Dog. I got lucky and put one through his neck at about 100 yards. The wife skinned him and he is hanging on the back of a chair in the house. I named him Gary. Very smelly, filthy animals. Huge stink in the skinning process. (She did a rattle snake for me, too. A real trooper!) Another one bit my favorite dog on the ass when we were out trolling the desert. Damn lucky I didn’t lose two of them that day. She still has a puncture scar on her cute little black ass. Wasn’t carrying that day, so that bastard went unpunished. They are a horrible, miserable pest animal and need to be shot on sight, no questions asked. If I saw a mother nursing her pups, I’d shoot her first, then every little one in the head afterword. Or toss them in the river, what with all the shortage of .22lr ammo. I hate coyotes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/991 "2016-08-02T23:45:29Z")
I understand. There is the woman who [rescued a pup](http://www.dailycoyote.net/?p=613), who still as an adult, defers to her cat. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/992 "2016-08-03T05:09:10Z")
In other news,[San Leon man fatally shot after allegedly forcing his way into Bacliff home](http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/San-Leon-man-fatally-shot-after-allegedly-forcing-7388661.php) > [@](#): > > The homeowner, whom Benavides declined to identify until the investigation was completed, called the sheriff’s office to report that a man had forced his way into the house. > Deputies arrived to find Hocutt face down, dead from a single gunshot to the abdomen. The homeowner told deputies that he fired after Hocutt lunged at him with a knife. The homeowner said Hocutt was yelling that he was owed $400 and refused to leave without the money. DGU with one death. Brought a knife to a gun fight and the attacker came out on the losing end. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/993 "2016-08-03T15:38:51Z")
In other news,[Armed Homeowner Catches Burglar In The Act](http://wkrg.com/2016/05/02/armed-homeowner-catches-burglar-in-the-act/) > [@](#): > > It happened Sunday night when Al Taylor says his family was startled by a noise coming from their garage. > > When he came out they found the thief rummaging through his garage and all of their lawn equipment moved on the verge of being stolen. > > That’s when Taylor grabbed his pistol and held the burglar up until police could get there. DGU with no injuries. Maybe he was thinking he would just rearrange all the garage equipment and not steal anything? * * * In other news, [Shoreline father shoots alleged home intruder](http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/shoreline-father-shoots-alleged-home-intruder/) > [@](#): > > A 19-year-old woman called 911 about 2:50 a.m. and said someone was trying to break into their house and had been kicking at the front and back doors, said Sgt. Jason Houck of the King County Sheriff’s Office. > … > The woman said they could see that someone was outside her family’s home, in the 100 block of Northeast 174th Street. The woman and her 11-year-old sister, along with their parents, locked themselves in a back bedroom of the house. > … > “Just before we arrived, the daughter had said the person had just broken out the front window and the screen door,” Houck said, by throwing lawn furniture through the glass. > > “As deputies were walking up on foot, deputies heard two gunshots.” > > The woman’s father left the hiding space when he heard the glass break, and shot twice at the alleged intruder with a handgun, hitting him once in the leg. DGU with no deaths. Two shots an only a leg hit. I wonder if the intruder was fully in the house or had just started coming in. A shirtless, yelling, non-stealth home intrusion sounds like a person not with full command of their mental faculties. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/994 "2016-08-04T15:52:58Z")
In other news, [Lexington police say woman shot ex-boyfriend in self-defense](http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Police-respond-to-scene-of-reported-shooting-in-Lexington-378771481.html?ref=481) > [@](#): > > William J. Redd, 40, has been charged with fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, and violating a domestic violence order. > > Lexington police spokeswoman Brenna Angel said the shooting was an isolated incident that involved domestic violence. Investigators say Redd was shot by his former girlfriend in self-defense. DGU with no deaths. The restraining order did a lot less than the gun, again. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/995 "2016-08-04T16:34:39Z")
[Woman shoots robber holding gun to her head.](http://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2016/08/03/gun-head-arizona-woman-knew-level-playing-field-assailant/) Literally. Against her head. > [@](#): > > As Taylor held the barrel to her skull, Carol reached for her own gun holstered at her hip. She drew her weapon and took aim, firing one shot to end the attack. > > Taylor was transported to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/996 "2016-08-05T16:08:54Z")
In other news, [Deputies: Man killed while trying to rob Riverview convenience store](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/deputies-investigating-shooting-at-riverview-convenience-store/2276697) > [@](#): > > The attempted robbery took place around noon at Ace Beverage Castle at 9401 U.S. 301 S. Joel Alberto Torres, 24, wearing a bandana and carrying a 9 mm handgun, walked up to a man who was standing behind the business and tried to rob him, deputies said. When the man told him he had nothing to give, Torres forced him through a back door into the building. > > Inside, Torres tried to rob the business owners, a father and son, while they sat in an office, deputies said. But one of them pulled out a gun and shot Torres several times. Paramedics took Torres to Tampa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man who shot Torres was not identified by the Sheriff’s Office, but he does have a concealed carry permit. DGU with one death. Holding 3 people at gun point is much more difficult when they are armed. It looks like the prohibition on arms for this felon didn’t work very well. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/997 "2016-08-08T15:05:32Z")
In other news, [Police: Dad shoots, kills man who held gun to teen daughter](http://fox2now.com/2014/06/10/one-person-dead-another-at-the-hospital/) > [@](#): > > St. Louis police say a 17 year old girl was outside of her home getting something from a car when two armed men confronted her and demanded that she return to her home. > > The girl`s father saw the suspects walking his daughter toward the home. That`s when police say the teen`s father, a 34 year old man, got his gun and fired several shots at the suspects, hitting both of them. The girl`s mother, also 34, got another gun and fired a round as well, not hitting either suspect. > > The first suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The second suspect ran away, got into the first suspect`s car and contacted his brother to take him to the hospital. > Police identify the suspect who was killed as 31 year old Terrell Johnson from north St. Louis. The second suspect- a 33 year old man- is hospitalized in critical but stable condition with gunshot wounds to his chest and both thighs. Police say he will face charges. DGU with one death and one injury. That is some situational awareness. This may impact the actions of future suitors 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/998 "2016-08-09T09:08:53Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > In other news, [Police: Dad shoots, kills man who held gun to teen daughter](http://fox2now.com/2014/06/10/one-person-dead-another-at-the-hospital/) > > DGU with one death and one injury. That is some situational awareness. This may impact the actions of future suitors 🙂 They were “walking his daughter toward the home” and he shot at them? Either they were further apart than it sounds or there is a man with a high level of confidence in his aim. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/999 "2016-08-09T15:17:50Z")
I would hope he was able to take proper aim prior to firing. As both attackers were hit and daughter was fine - I’d say it was successful. * * * In other news, [HOMEOWNER FATALLY SHOOTS ROBBERY SUSPECT IN FORT BEND CO.](http://abc13.com/news/homeowner-fatally-shoots-robbery-suspect-in-fort-bend-co/1334391/) > [@](#): > > Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls tells Eyewitness News the would-be robber demanded money from the homeowner as he pulled into his driveway in the 18300 block of Mossy Creek. That’s in the Mission Sierra subdivision near Richmond. > > Instead, the homeowner grabbed a gun from his vehicle and shot the man two times. A photograph taken just moments after shows the homeowner–with his gun in hand–standing steps away from the man’s lifeless body in his front yard. He was pronounced dead at the scene. DGU with one death. Folks often think that an attacker will have the advantage because they will have drawn first, but often it’s training, practice, and willingness to defend yourself that wins the day. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1000 "2016-08-09T16:35:42Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > I would hope he was able to take proper aim prior to firing. As both attackers were hit and daughter was fine - I’d say it was successful. Well, yes. I’m just noting that if I was shooting in the direction of my daughter I’d have to be \*\*extremely \*\*sure that she wasn’t going to accidentally end up in the line of fire. The fact that this turned out fine may indicate that the father was an excellent shot - or that he (and his wife, who was shooting too) got lucky. Hard to tell without more details. Not a criticism, just a personal observation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490.md?page=51)